Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 2711 - 2720 of 3675 results for "Wall STreet"

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2009
... to 3,431.9. NEW YORK - Disappointing results at Microsoft Corp and increasing concerns about America's banks sent Wall Street sharply lower Thursday, extending a new streak of stock volatility into a third day. Microsoft surprised investors by reporting ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
... share market was slightly higher at noon, buoyed by a modest recovery in the financials sector and following gains on Wall Street. At 1215 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was firmer by 16.7 points or 0.49 per cent at 3459.5, while the broader All ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2009
The Australian sharemarket is expected to open higher, after healthy gains in securities on Wall Street, and oil, silver and copper rose in overnight trading. At 0808 AEDT on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI futures index was 46 points higher ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
... contracts. ABN Amro Morgans private client adviser Craig Walker said the local market was lower at noon following falls on Wall Street overnight. "As far as our market is concerned, the trend is still heading downwards," Mr Walker said. "The banks are ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
... Ordinaries lost 106 points, or three per cent, to 3,425. NEW YORK - The dawn of the Obama presidency could not shake Wall Street on Tuesday from its dejection over the banking industry's problems. After hearing the new president's inaugural address ...

Obama: he's the man

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JAN 2009
... only in Washington but also all over the world. Even Israel ceased hostilities on Gaza and not even a pip from Osama. Wall Street's reaction overnight to the changing of the guards at the White House cannot be faulted. After all, merely having Obama ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 20 JAN 2009
... while the broader All Ordinaries index advanced 36.1 points, or 1.03 per cent, to 3,531 after a positive lead from Wall Street on Friday. NEW YORK - US sharemarkets were closed on Monday for the Martin Luther King holiday. On Friday, Wall Street managed ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2009
The Australian share market held in positive territory at noon, on the back of gains on Wall Street and higher commodity prices. At 1200 AEDT, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 29.9 points, or 0.84 per cent, at 3,580.8, and the broader All Ordinaries ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2009
... per cent, at 3550.9, while the broader All Ordinaries gained 18.1 points, or 0.52 per cent, to 3494.9. NEW YORK - Wall Street has managed its second straight comeback, but the rebound was more a sign of the market's turmoil than strength. Stocks closed ...

Morgan Stanley and Citi to merge

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2009
... executive of Morgan Stanley. But Morgan Stanley and Citi's merger is also another result of the troubles pummeling Wall Street, which has so far prompted mergers and acquisition activities such as Merill Lynch's sale to Bank of America for US$50 billion ...